Neal, we're around more and stronger sources than WiFi all the time. To worry about WiFi seems like singling out a single acorn among thousands under an oak tree and blaming it for potentially causing a sprout in your lawn. :-) Microwave ovens in restaurants are in the same frequency band (S-band) and the lower-powered home ovens are typically 1000watts, so are likely to leak much more than any WiFi transmitter has.. better avoid restaurants, airports, and fast food places! :-) Airport radars sweep about and probably have side lobes that cover our neighborhoods with way more than 100mw levels. Cops' speed guns are actually beamed at you and are likely to exceed the radiation density a typical omni WiFi antenna has. Medical offices and hospitals also use S-band but I'm not sure what is common in that band now. Finding a reliable field strength meter for those frequencies would be hard (ie, expensive and temperamental), but it might be interesting to observe background levels and spectra in some common public areas. Some OSHA or FCC site may have such data. Chuck > -----Original Message----- > From: tcwug-list-bounces at tcwug.org > [mailto:tcwug-list-bounces at tcwug.org]On Behalf Of Neal Krasnoff > Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 12:24 AM > To: Twin Cities Wireless Users Group List > Subject: Re: [TCWUG] Connectivity Distance > > > > On Dec 16, 2003, at 11:55 PM, S. Earl Jarosh wrote: > > > Neal, > > > > Sorry, I just can't let this one go. You are correct and to err on > > the > > side of caution is a good thing but let's put this in perspective. > > > > Is that long term or short term perspective? :-) > > Neal Krasnoff > nkras at visi.com _______________________________________________ Twin Cities Wireless Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.tcwug.org tcwug-list at tcwug.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tcwug-list